Even as we lap up every last TV food programme, those most in need of good food are going without
It was once claimed that there wasn’t a street in Glasgow that didn’t also serve as a football pitch. Now those streets lie empty and everyone wonders where all the children have gone. “They’re all inside playing computer games,” seems to be the most common assumption. I have my own theory: they’re all inside watching cookery programmes.
Scotland hasn’t qualified for a major international football tournament for 18 years. I’d say that the start of our prolonged international football decline coincides with the beginning of the proliferation of food programmes on our television screens and in popular culture.
Our international football decline coincides with the proliferation of food programmes on TV
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